Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-28

least insure measure of comfort for the
fowls. 1t is surprising what intense cold
fowls Will endure, but remember while so
exposed they will not lay eggs. The size,
shape and appointments of 4 house for
poultry are largely matters of personal
taste. But, whatever may be the partition
lar fancy of the individual, one thing is of
vital Importance, viz, comfort, which
must be secured at all hazards. Make
walls tight (air-tjght if possible) and Sc
cure ventilation high up in gable ends, SO
that fowls will not be exposed to any Geld
air currents. Provide for light on south
sfae by glass and sash. Whitewash inside
and cut st least twice year, and should
this fail to keep down vermin, shower
roosts and walls with a solution of carbcl-
&c acid in proportion of one part acid to
one. hundreth parts water. Have large
shallow box in hen house filed with road
dust gathered in the fall, and mix with
this a quantity of lime cor strong wood
ashes will do and sulphur. This is for
their dust and wallow- box during the win
ter. All things, considered, 1 prefer a
ground floor TO the hen-house, but ground
must be well drained so that any damp
ness inside the house is avoided. If hen
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air currents are allowed to strike fowls,
there is no danger of losing your fowls
by roup.
/ As with gapes in chicks, find that the
most effectual way to treat roup and
cholera is to not breed the disease. How
ever, should roup make its appearance,
which is indicated by thick discharge
| from the nostrils, and watering of the
eyes, which are much swollen apply the fol-
lowing remedy: Take lone ounce of tobacco,
four ounces of lard; steep two or three
| hours; then strain and mix an ounce of
pulverized alum with the melted lard.
Apply to beak and eyes morning and
evening. Upon the first indication of
cholera, kill all affected birds, and bury
at once, and disinfect the premises with
the carbolic acid solution above mention
ed for vermin. The moulting season,
though, is the time to keep look out for
the appearance of cholera.
| Remove all excrement from under
roosts at least once a week (better once a
day., and keep in boxes or old barrels
clear away from the hen-house, and re-
member to keep it from leaking, for
| herein you have one of the most valuable
products of poultry. It is a manure ex-
ceptionally rich in ammonia, and enters
at once into the vigor and perfect devel-
opment of plant life. The value of tie
manure, measured by the price of COM
mercial fertilizers, will go long way to-
ward the entire keep of a flock of fowls.
of by the generous care above recommend
ed, hens through the month of January
| should fail to respond as literally with
eggs as you think they ought, do not be
discouraged and slack in attention to
their feed and comfort; for in the sue
ceeding months there is rich harvest in
store for you.
There is only one point on which I
deem caution as to feeding necessary, and
that is in getting hens too fat to lay.
Should this happen, feed smaller rations
of corn and may be of the other grains,
but do not fail to keep up as much var
iety as possible of each feed as is abso-
lutely necessary to form every part of the
egg. For in the egg production lies the
chief source of profit in poultry.
So far have confined myself to chick
ems, for the reason that this kind of poul-
try is more universally raised than any
other. Young turkeys are more difficult
to raise than chickens, and to secure suo-
cess with them they may nct be allowed
to get chilled nor run in the wet rass.
Lice are also more fatal to them than
chickens, and if you wish to raise turkeys
you must keep them clear of lice and from
getting aUet or chilled. Treat them in the
same way to keep rid of lice as recon-
mended for young chicks. Overlooking
is to be avoided, as 1t works greater mis-
chief than with chickens. After they are
eight weeks old there is not much dan
ger, and they can usually be allowed
to range at pleasure; but do not fail to
give grain ration daily, to bring them
home to rOOst, and insure heavy weights |
in the fall. The remarks in regard to
marketing chickens are applicable to all
kinds of fowls, and to none more SO than
to turkeys, for after the supply of grass |
hoppers and other insects on the range |
has failed in the fall, and you are COM
PEELED to feed wholly on grain, they be-
come expensive, for they are large feed
ers.
By.such care of young chicks as will in
sure the raising to maturity of the largest
possible per cent. of the hatch, and by a |
judioious selection Of the best of the flock |
for egg production and breeders, and |
in such shape as to realize the most mon
ey for it, thereby getting our focks small
enough for winter, SO that the liability to
disease will reduce to the minimum, we
cannot fail of fair measure of profit
from our common fowls. Whereas, if we
raise some one of the pure breeds, our
profits will be largely increased by the
extra prices Obtainable for pure-bred
fowls for breeders, and for eggs for sit
ting.
Guiteau'si Niece Divorced.
Chicago Mail.
A very pretty young woman, still in her
2O's, with full round face, rosy cheeks,
and clear complexion, sat in Judge
Garnett's court to-day and attracted gen.
eral attention. She was we'll dressed and
looked happy and prosperous. It was
Fannie Harper, nee Scoville, a niece of